Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, Nontoxic Positivity, and More
But it’s not okay to let fear overwhelm your life. There’s no denying we live in wild, crazy times right now. Spend any time on social media, reading or watching any news media, and you can’t help but feel uncertain, and maybe even scared. How did it all come to this? When did people allow so many madmen to take control? Why won’t the people who can fix this do something? Has selfishness and thirst for power really overwhelmed any
Seriously, good things ARE happening in the world at large. Let’s face it. Bad news sells. Chaos gets attention. Fear makes you look. That’s why the dominant narrative across media – all media – is things that are scary, unpleasant, awful, and surreal. Yes, shit is happening out there that you need to be aware of. Informed decisions can only be made when you are informed. But the line between sharing and inundated gets constantly blurred. It’s so easy to
This is about being responsible, not taking blame. I strive to maintain optimism. Not blind, all-is-well-that-shit-is-not-happening optimism, but a sense that the scales will rebalance, the pendulum can be swung the other way, and we can do little things to impact the big picture. The problem is, most of those little things are for you, and only you. No matter what you do for anyone else, you can’t alter, control, or change them. You can influence, guide, suggest, and show
Learning is essential to living. For many people, the idea of lifelong learning is unappealing. They think that after formal schooling is done – whether that concludes with High School, college, or something vocational – they need not learn anymore. While the classroom setting ceases to be the primary place for education, learning is essential to living. There’s one very simple reason for this truth: Because change is the one and only constant in the universe. Everything changes. You change.
Parsing this is a conscious effort you alone can undertake. I call myself a modern-day philosopher. The focal point of my personal philosophy is what I call Pathwalking. Pathwalking is the notion that, via mindfulness – active conscious awareness – you can choose how you shape your life experience and what paths you take therein. I’ve been writing about this every week for over 14 years now, and aspects of it have changed because I’ve changed. Change, after all, is
Fear hasn’t caught up with modern life. One of my all-time favorite quotes is from Franklin D. Roosevelt: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Unfortunately, it’s easy to miss the meaning of this statement. It’s a lot deeper than you might realize. In a nutshell, it means fear is often not what it appears to be. Another great quote from Paulo Coelho adds perspective to this statement. This quote, from The Alchemist, is: “Tell your heart
Any and all control comes down to making choices and decisions. Many of the powers that be – specifically political, business, and some spiritual leaders – prefer that you feel disempowered. They want you to believe that you’re powerless, have no control over your life experience whatsoever, and that nobody but them (or their chosen affiliates) can help. This message is spread far and wide and is constantly bombarding you. Nearly every advertisement is offering to sell you goods or
Practicing patience is positive, empowering, and worth the effort. Let me be honest here. I’m not the most patient person there is. In fact, I’m frequently impatient. However, life has taught me the importance of practicing patience. This is a choice, a decision, that you apply frequently. When you’re inherently impatient, like I am, this is extra challenging. Waiting for shit to happen can be infuriating, especially when the wait defies all logic, rhyme, or reason. Still, learning to practice
How you express it is another matter. Let me begin by making it clear that I am not placing blame here mainly because blame is an utterly useless concept. What I am doing is establishing a background to help us connect and understand one another. That said, here’s my story. My parents divorced when I was 5 or 6. This was the late 1970s, before divorce became more normal. As a bright, sensitive child, this impacted me hard. While I
Straight to the point, I’m not going to sugarcoat this. Before my premise hits anyone instantly wrong, please allow me to explain myself. First, and foremost, in no way, shape, or form am I dismissing anyone’s circumstances. The world has gone mad, lots of people are suffering, and your life might be shit right now for any number of reasons. In no way am I dismissing that, your feelings, or you. What I’m on about here is those who accept
